Of Mice and Men Essay

          In the book "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, the wife of the bosses son was of the flirtatious type to all of the working men. She was previously known as just that, but developed into that of a lonely personality and ended the book as a woman who felt trapped, and wanted to do more with her life. Because of this, she proved herself in being the one character in this book that kept growing and opening up until the end.
          Curley's wife started the beginning of the book as the character who causes a lot of the drama. By being extra friendly to the men who worked under her huband, she portrays the personality of a troublemaker. On page 31 she is caught showing off that certain personality trait. "Hi good lookin' I'm trying to find Curley, Slim"she says to a worker while supposedly looking for her husband. She gets caught when that same worker responds to her, "Well, you aint trying very hard. I seen him goin in your house." Next they describe in the book how she runs off in a rushed fashion. This shows that the worker had truth to his words, and she knew it.
          As the story goes along, so do her visits to her husbands workers. One day when many of the workers go out, she pays the men that stayed a visit. They expected her to be looking for Curley, so they instantly drive her away. On page 77,"Well I aint giving you no trouble. Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?" she responds. She opens up to the men, and shows them another side of her that they never saw before. She showed them that she is lonely. Ultimately confessing that most of her visits to them are not for finding Curley, but just to get out of the house, she tells that she is lonely.
          By the end of the book, Curley's wife opens up to Lennie about how she feels about her situation at that time. She talks about being on the ranch and how it is being Curley's wife. "--Well, a show come trough an' I met one of the actors. He says I could go with that show. But my ol' lady wouldn't let me. She says because I was on'y fifteen. But the guy says I coulda. If I'd went, I wouldn't be livin' like this, you bet." she says on page 88. By saying this, she shows a longing for something more than what she had. Before in her life, she had the chance to be much more successful, and being stuck on a ranch, while being controlled by her husband, makes her feel trapped.
          In conclusion, when John Steinbeck wrote the book "Of Mice and Men" he created many characters. Some were much more important than others of course, and they all had their own personalities. But, not all of the characters personalities had stayed the same throughout the book, but instead grew. Out of all the characters in the book, Curley's wife developed the most by starting as a the troublemaker, to a lonely wife, and then ending up as a trapped woman.